National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tochigi City or Maruyasu Okazaki that keep their silverware dream alive.
This could be an interesting fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
Tochigi City form and stats
Tochigi City was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Emperor Cup.Tochigi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ryutsu Keizai Dragons's place. The match ended 9-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Tochigi City played a great game against Ryutsu Keizai Dragons and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that match was the home Regional Leagues: Kanto game against Nankatsu that was lost 3-4.Maruyasu Okazaki form and stats
Maruyasu Okazaki's mission in Emperor Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Japan Football League.
Maruyasu delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Kochi United in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Criacao Shinjuku at their stadium, the result 2-1.The attacking power of Maruyasu Okazaki when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Maruyasu as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Tochigi City missing players
Maruyasu Okazaki missing players
| Tochigi City | Maruyasu Okazaki | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 56 | 32 | Scored | S | 9 | 38 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 33 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 28% | ||
| 2.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 119% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sony Sendai | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Biwako Shiga | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Honda Lock | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Verspah Oita | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 5 | Kochi United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Suzuka Unlimited | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Reinmeer Aomori | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Veertien Mie | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Honda | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | TIAMO Hirakata | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Criacao Shinjuku | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Tokyo Musashino City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Okinawa SV | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 15 | Urayasu | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | Matsue City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
